Saw-handle



(No Model.)

W. R. TOWSE.

SAW HANDLE.- No. 364,452. Patented June 7, 1887.

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WILLIAM E. Yfrowsn, or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SAW-HANDLE.'

ESPECFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,452, dated June 7,1887.

Application filed January 6, 1887.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. TowsE, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of 5Kentucky, have invented a certainv new and useful Improvement inSaw-Handles, of which thel following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to an improvement in oil-cups forsaw-handles and the method of connecting the same, and is especiallydesigned as an improvement over my former invention, for which LettersPatent were granted me by the United States,

No. 323,833, under date of August 4, 1885;-

and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a simple and neatform of oil-cup, so constructed as to admit of its being' firmlyembedded and secured within the handle of a Ahandsaw, and in so doing toobviatethe neeessity of cutting a large hole through the rear end of thesaw-blade for the passage of the cup, which tends to weaken the same,second, to detachably secure within the cup a sawoiler of such materialas to readily absorb and 5 hold the oil within the cup, and of suchconstruction as to facilitate the handling of the same when the saw isbeing greased or oiled. These objects I accomplish in the mannerillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a sideelevation of a saw-handle having my improvement therein. Fig. 2 is asectional view of a portion of a saw-handle and the cup. Fig. 3 is asectional View of the cup, taken at right angles with Fig. 4, on line a:m thereof. Fig. 4: is a front view ofthe cup, showing the oiler-therein.Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the oiler.

Similar letters refer to simi lar parts throughout the several views.

a represents a shallow metallic cup, having a circular flange, b, aboutits outer or open end, and having projecting from the under side of saidfiange, at suitable points thereon, a number of short lugs, c, each ofwhich is provided with ascrew-hole, c. Made to project from the bottomof the cup, and east therewith at a point preferably slightly out of thecenter therewith, is a screw, d. Formed 5o onthe inner surface of theflanged portion b of the cup is a continuous groove, e.

Formed in one of the flat sides of the saw- Serial No. 223,583. (Nomodel.)

handle g, and preferably near the center of its forward portion, is adepression extending to within a short distance of the sawblade, and ofthe desired shape to admit of the insertion of the cup a therein untilthe outer vsurface of the lugs c are flush with the surface of thehandle, the screw d being made to pass through a bolthole extendingtransversely through the saw-handleg and blade g from the bottom of saiddepression, and being made to engage at its outer end with the threadsformed on the inner surface of a nut, 71 the latter having a flaringhead countersunk in the side of the saw-handle, and havingashort neckprojecting into an enlargement of the bolt-hole.

The attachment of the cup to the handle is made additionally secure byscrews z', made to pass through the holes c in the lugs c into thehandle, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. These lugs c operate tostrengthen the handle and prevent any tendency of said handle to split,which might be caused by the formation of the cup-hole therein. Ipreferably cause the screw d to project from the bottom of the cup at ashort distance from the center thereof, so that in attaching myinvention to old saw-handles one of the old bolt-holes, which are seldomformed exactly in the center of the handle, may be utilized, and at thesame time give the cup a central location, as shown in Figs. land 2 ofthe drawings.

la represents the oiler, which may be formed of felt, sponge, or otherwell-known soft and porous material, which is shaped to iit snuglywithin the cup a. The upper side of the oiler is cut away to form adepression on each side of a central upwardly projecting ridge ortongue, m. This tongue m is tightly clamped between the halves of a bentthin metal plate, a, which, above the tongue m, is also made to inclosea short wire, o, which is preferably soldered therein, and which hasitsends projecting slightly outward.

, Formed .on the inner edges of the flange b of the cup, at oppositepoints, are notches q q, said notches opening into and being of acorresponding depth with the groove e. The

length of the wire o being greater than the diameter of the innercircumference of the flange b, the oiler is inserted and detaehablysecured within the cup by allowing the projecting ends IOO of the Wire oto enter the notches q, and then turning the clamp n, the upper portionof which serves as a handle, until the projecting ends of the wire havetraveled thc desired distance away from the notches q in the groove e,as shown in dotted lilies in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

It will be seen that the oiler 7c, having first been thoroughlysaturated with oil or grease, may be readily Withdrawn from its positionin the cup by turning the clamp u until its wire ends o may escapethrough the notches q q, and utilized to grease the saw-blade, afterwhich it may be returned to its position in the cup and secured thereiniu thc manner before described ULLIAM Rl. TOWSE.

"Witnesses:

GHAs. CONRAD, FRED C. CONRAD.,

